US4223476A - Blocking toy vehicle - Google Patents
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- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
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- a toy vehicle of the general type which moves at a substantially constant speed along a track.
- Such a vehicle may have its front wheels canted in a manner so as to restrict motion of the vehicle to a specific lane of the track.
- the car When the car encounters a reverse curve in the track or is bumped by another car, it may depart from its desired lane of travel.
- the present invention is directed to a toy vehicle having a body mounted on wheels.
- a motor means is provided on the body and coupled to a pair of the wheels for propelling the body along the track.
- First and second guide means project laterally with respect to the body at spaced locations. Each guide means terminates in a free end projecting downwardly for entry into a groove in a track.
- a preferred embodiment of the invention includes a track having upstanding side walls with a groove adjacent each such side wall.
- the free ends of said means extend into the groove so as to provide certainty that the vehicle can negotiate reverse curves without changing lanes.
- the guide means are preferably constructed in a manner so as to be convertible whereby they may project to either side of the vehicle body. As a result thereof, the toy vehicle may move along either side wall of the track.
- FIG. 1 is a partial top plan view of a track with the vehicle of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a bottom plan view of the vehicle of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line 3--3 in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line 4--4 in FIG. 3.
- FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a guide means.
- FIG. 1 a portion of a track 10.
- the track 10 may be in a closed loop with or without reverse curves.
- the track is provided with upstanding side walls designated 12 and 14.
- the top surface of the track has a first set of conductive strips 16, 18 and 20.
- the top surface of the track has a second set of conductive strips 22, 24 and 26.
- a track 10 as described up to this point is conventional.
- a vehicle designated generally as 27 is provided for riding at a substantially constant speed along the track 10 adjacent the wall 12 or adjacent the wall 14.
- the vehicle 27 is small having preferred dimensions of about 3 inches in length and a width of about 11/4 inches but is not limited to said dimensions.
- the vehicle 27 is provided with collectors 28, 30 and 32 which are adapted to contact the above-mentioned sets of conductors for coupling an electric current to a motor supported within the vehicle 27 and not shown.
- the motor drives the rear wheels 34, 36.
- the rear wheels 34, 36 are fixedly connected to an axle 38.
- Axle 38 has a gear 40 thereon meshed with a worm 41.
- Worm 41 is connected to motor output shaft 43.
- the motor drives the rear wheel 34, 36 to propel the vehicle 27 along the track 10.
- the manner in which the motor drives the vehicle 27 may be conventional.
- the vehicle 27 has front wheels 42, 44 which may be supported in any conventional manner.
- the track 10 is provided with a recessed groove 46 adjacent side wall 12 and a similar groove 48 adjacent side wall 14.
- the grooves 46, 48 are part of a means for guiding the vehicle 27 as it moves along the track 10.
- First and second guide means 50, 51 are supported by the vehicle 27 and project laterally with respect to the vehicle at spaced locations. Since each of the guide means 50, 51 is identical, only guide means 50 will be described in detail.
- the guide means 50 is in the form of a wire pin having a free end portion 52 adapted to enter the groove 46 or 48. Portion 52 extends downwardly from a shank 56 which is horizontally disposed as shown more clearly in FIG. 3. The other end of the guide pin has a vertically disposed pivot portion 54.
- a transversely disposed groove 58 On a lower surface of the vehicle 27, there is provided a transversely disposed groove 58. In the position shown in FIG. 3, the shank 56 is snapped into one half of the groove 58. The pivot portion 54 extends into a hole 60 disposed generally along a central portion of the vehicle 27.
- each of the guide means 50, 51 When in use, each of the guide means 50, 51 extends to the same side of the vehicle 27 so that the free end portion of each guide means extends downwardly into the grooves 46 but does not contact the bottom of the groove. If it is desired to have the vehicle 27 guided by the groove 48, each of the guide means 50, 51 is pivoted to a position as shown in phantom in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3. In order to pivot guide means 50 from the solid line position to the phantom position, force is exerted on the end portion 52 so as to release the shank 56 from one-half of the groove 58. Thereafter, the guide means 50 is pivoted about portion 54 through an arc of 180°. Thereafter, pressure is applied to the guide means 50 to snap the shank 56 into the other half of the groove 58.
- guide means 50 pivots in a counterclockwise direction in FIG. 2 so as to avoid contact with the wheels 34, 36.
- Guide means 51 pivots in a clockwise direction in FIG. 2.
- the collectors 28, 30 and 32 are releasably at one end to facilitate pivotal movement of the guide means 51.
- Typical dimensions for the means to guide vehicle 27 includes grooves 46, 48 having a width of about 0.63 inches and means 50, 51 being a steel wire having a diameter of about 0.32 inches. Portion 52 has line contact with the side faces of the grooves 46, 48. The collectors 28, 30, 32 remain in contact with their respective conductors at all times since the width of the collectors greatly exceeds the width differential between member 52 and grooves 46, 48.
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US4295649A (en) * | 1980-05-23 | 1981-10-20 | Ideal Toy Corporation | Toy miniature vehicle racing game |
US4322079A (en) * | 1980-10-17 | 1982-03-30 | Ideal Toy Corporation | Race set with detour |
US4333261A (en) * | 1980-01-22 | 1982-06-08 | California R & D Center | Two speed toy car and track assembly |
US4940443A (en) * | 1986-01-27 | 1990-07-10 | Kurt Hesse | Race track having lateral edges and bridges for retaining toy vehicles |
US20090156093A1 (en) * | 2007-12-17 | 2009-06-18 | Tomy Company, Ltd. | Running toy system |
CN102614671A (en) * | 2011-01-28 | 2012-08-01 | 永丰朝有限公司 | Track racer and multi-track combined racing track |
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US119927A (en) * | 1871-10-17 | Improvement in toys | ||
US1041677A (en) * | 1911-06-10 | 1912-10-15 | Firm Of Ernst Paul Lehmann | Toy. |
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US4333261A (en) * | 1980-01-22 | 1982-06-08 | California R & D Center | Two speed toy car and track assembly |
US4295649A (en) * | 1980-05-23 | 1981-10-20 | Ideal Toy Corporation | Toy miniature vehicle racing game |
US4322079A (en) * | 1980-10-17 | 1982-03-30 | Ideal Toy Corporation | Race set with detour |
US4940443A (en) * | 1986-01-27 | 1990-07-10 | Kurt Hesse | Race track having lateral edges and bridges for retaining toy vehicles |
US20090156093A1 (en) * | 2007-12-17 | 2009-06-18 | Tomy Company, Ltd. | Running toy system |
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